Friday, January 13, 2006

T. isn't going to like this ...

... but my latest Comics You Should Own column is up and ready for your opprobrium or, you know, praise (would it be so hard?). Why won't T. like it? Well, it's about Challengers of the Unknown by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, and Loeb is T.'s bête noire. Still, it's a fine series worthy of your attention. Go find out why!

Funny Loeb story from last week, by the way. I went into my local comic shop and there were three employees working that day. One of them was defending a book while the other two were bashing it mercilessly. The two bashing employees said "What's wrong with you? It's basically a mystery with no clues whatsoever. It's the worst mystery ever, a mystery with no clues whatsoever."

I interjected "Let me guess, Long Halloween?"

They were surprised and asked how I knew. I figured as far as worst comic mysteries ever goes, it had to be a toss-up between Loeb's Hush and Loeb's Long Halloween. Well, they're technically the same story but you know what I mean...